The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-14 00:00:00

t A NATIO:kg SONG. JUNOT's DEFEAT. Tune—" TIGHT LITTLZ ISLAND." When the Army of France Saw the British advance, In defence of the rortupleSe right, Sir, Said General junOt-- / • " I'll soon let yin' knovv " What it is against Frenchmen to fight, Sit, " For as soon as your troops are in motion " I'll hasten to give them a potion, " And soon shall they be " Driven into the Sea, " And every one drown'd in the Ocean." This proud Gasconade Was quickly c:urtvey'd, By a Zephyr, to Neptune's domain, Sir, Who This unot, " Who tO Ir teleciorn's a toe, Soon shall see that his efforts are vain, Sir; " Old England's the land 1 adore most, "Her troops rank for courage betore most, " And to rescue a State " From Italy's fate You ever will find them the foremost." Sir Arthur next spoke, " Sure the FrenChman must joke, " When he cruelly threatens to drown ds t " If to Neptune we go, " As 'tis said by I unot, " With success he will certain crown t; sk. For there we shall VicA'ry conunand, Sir, " I Gainst our Tars, I. renchrnen ne'er made a stand, Sir, •' And since 'tis nothing new " French Fleets to subdue, •' I'm determined to thrash them by land, Sir." The Battle began, The Frenchmen soon ran, Seturity seeking in flight, Sir, And the IGLU o'erthrow Of General junot,.. Evined that Sit Arthur was right, Sir ; He swore line o►ily coulu m. et 'ems He'd do all he could to deteat 'ern, 'T was a glorious thing, That with only one wing Of his Army, he mauled to beat Each Englishman's heart, Takes a gen'rous part, With i'ortugal's Patriots, aid Spain, Sit, And the Tyiant will know, From the fall of I unot, That there'll soon be an end to hisTeigri, Sir With scorn and contempt he'll be treated, For his hopes, like,his troops, are defeated; Let Britons prove true, And the contest pursue, And his downtall will soon be completed. PROLOGUE tO VIE MYgTERIOUS BRIDE, WRITtEN BY LUMLEY ST. GEORGE SKEFFINGTON, ESQ. SPOKEN BY MR.. PUTNAM. With anxiou s m i n d , with agitated breast, Icy ev'ry terror forcibly impress'd, Our bard to=night, exalted in his views, Resigns the comic for the serious muse; Beneath her banner variously displays Passion's mere spark extended to:a blaze; While moral ardour kindles into birth The firm in honour,- and the pure in worth ! Here Virtue hails, contending claims above, The tear of Pity on the cheek of Love! Our Bard 110 longer treads on Fairy-land, Where Fancy, like a despot, holds command; No longer now endeavours to excite Ideal grief, and fabulous delight; Still less attetnpts, With vigour, to transmit Wit stron g as genius enius bl ight as wit VVl, iie lea , g ; 1( ear ning rears, with an i ma t e d h as t e* 7iving 6le g d lice) anti itscurd taste. lie simpl y offers, unadorned by art, One to uch of Natur e on a gen'rous heart*. Though pageantry, though magic he tbr6ake, Thou g h " 's7"Ping Beauties" here no longer wake, Yet shall it still decidedly appear, That loves when noble, never slumbers here. Hearts like your own with clemency can feel To hearts so gifted now we make appeal ; Each party thch shall equal pleasure share, Be that solicits mercy, You that spare. * This is an allusion to the charader of Isliesco. r: of i Mrs. ORGER appeared again last night at Drury- Lane Theatre, in the •charader of Lydia Languish, and fully confirmed the very favourable impression the had previously made on the Public. COOKE made his first appearance at the King's Theatre last night. He supported Sir Per‘incz with his accustomed ability, and was received by a very numerous audience, with great applause on his en- Ir a"ee, and throughout his performance, x f orm ai ne CAT ALAN! , and he r p art y, were to per italian operas at Limerick, on Saturday and 'l\l"iday las t; Mr, theat i i e I ` - ' IIA meToN, a Gentleman well known in the. • circir,4 I r e land ,has , it is said, pnrcbaSed of share 1 k a It • o' he Dublin Theatre. is Said, that when the necessary prepanitions for . o penning the King's Theatre for the Italian 014cta take place, the Covent-Garden Company are to be' divided into comic and tragic squadrons ; that the first.are to open a campaign at the Lyceum,-and the other to carry on their operations at the little The atre in the Haymarket.' It has been suggested, that as the Covent -Garden Managers act under the au thority of two Patents, the Royalty Theatre, from its magnitude, and the vast increase of that part of the town in which it is situated, would occasion ally be very convenient for occupying the whole of the company. Friday evening a battle was fought near the Globe inn, at Newton, between John Brimble, of High Lyttleton, and Wm. Attwood of Newton, both col liers; when the latter received a violent blow be hind his ear, which caused his death the same night. Coroner's Verditl---illanstaughtcr. OOTTENtrii? - 61:1 MAO. Head -Quarters, . . . k GtatslY, Sept. 24. His li ayal Majesty has received the following Be i port from Major-General Cthitit LAN'iiNGSHAUSEN; dated the igth instant : , ,:.• I ,By fay last report of the l',lll inst. I hinnbly in:- 'dttned your Majesty that the corps under my cJn:- inand were ready to The battalions of guards and the chasseUrs of the regiment of Krono berg pushed on as far - as the Chapel of Lokalax, and formed there the advanced post. Intelligence was soon after received that the enemy assembled in --considerable strength in the vicinity of Helsing, and that his ordnance amounted to about 16 pieces of cannon. At six. o'clock our advanced posts were attuked near Lokalax .; they consisted of 300 chas , leursl Commanded by Captain Baron LAGE4BIELKE, of,yonr Majesty's Life Guards, and Capt. Runsux, of the regiment of Kronoberg. The enemy was from 300 to 4uo men strong, and had two pieces of can non ,and one' howitzer. The aelion lasted until eight o'clock, when the fall of 'night put an end to it ; the advanced posts retaining their position. The 'battalion of guards, and the regiment of Kronoberg, 'with the squadrons of horse, received orders to advance to Lokalax. The pioneers of the battalion of Warning were or dered to repair the road between the point of disem barkation and Lokalax, which was in a very bad condition ; it was, however, so speedily put into a tolerable state, that early in the morning of the thth four six pounders arrived in Lokalax, and strong de tachments were ordered to take post on the road to Abo, Nystad, and Helsing ; the whdle, while the enemy were heard working at their batteries, and at six o'clock in the morning, our advanced posts were attacked; the enemy about 4000 in number, with 10 pieces of cannon and 2 howitzers, advanced to turn our right flank, and b 3 means of his numerous artil lery, favoured by the nature of the ground, succeeded in breaking my line, but he was nevertheless repulsed by the superior gallantry of the troops under my command. A. LANTINGSHAUSEN, General in Chief of the Second Division of the Southern Finnish Army. His Royal Majesty, attended by his General Staff, and all other persons belonging to the head-quarters, will,embark to-morrow' on board the Yacht ilmadis, for Grenbode. Under date of the 13th inst. his Roya: Majesty has recalled his Envoy Extraordinary at the British Court, B. 3•011 ADLERBERG, and ap pointed in his stead Baron BRINKMAN, his Majesty's lats Envoy Extraordinary to the Prussian Court.-- (Stockholm Gazette of Sept. 28.) His Royal Majesty's Yacht ..dmadis, at anchor off Greubode, Sept. 25.—His Royal i'vrajesty sailed yes terday from Gralsby at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrived at five o'clock in Grenbode. At half past five o'clock this morning his Majesty sailed 'again for Little Sottanger.—(Stockholm Gazette of Sept. 30). THE OPERA HOUSE. Tue Morning Paper that attacked Mr. TVLOR, on the subject of the•permiission given to the Covent Garden Company to perform in this Theatre, renews the attack this day, but does not oppos.it the fact which we advanced, namely,-'that Mr. TAYLOR did not, as stated in that Paper, " wish to receive the cash" proposed for the use of the Theatre, but positively' refused to receive it, and proposed that it sbould be vested in the hands of a Banker, in order to cover the expence of insurance, &c. Mr. TAY LOR is now accused of an " impudent boast" re speaing his offer of the premises in question. But though Mr. TAYLOR might refuse a pecuniary compliment to himself - on the occasion, . was it to be supposed that he should be so improvi dently lavish of his own property, as- well as that of others, as to put that property in ha zard,, without some security against loss ? As well Ai - tight it be required of Mr. TAYLOR .to be at the expence of all the alterations necessary to adapt the Opera House for the admission of the public in general, and even of all other expence attending the performance of the Covent-garden -Cdrnpany. Mr. TAvLort, the moment he heard of the cala mity. which had befallen the Proprietors of Covent= garden Theatre, wrote to a common friend, request ing that he would lose no time in tendering the use :tithe Opera House. This conduct was so prompt and so kind, that it ought to have exempted Mr. TAYLOR from the attacks which have been made . 111)011 him. • But the Writer in the Morning Paper alluded to, says, that " Mr. Haarirs, if he consults his own inte rests, and his duty to the Public, will continue to use the Opera House as long as it suits his purpose, during the present season." He who wrote this is but little acquainted with the liberality and sense of justice which mark the character of Mr. HARRIS. On such an occasion he is not likely to shew a pitiful regard to his own interests and he has too much good sense to conceive that he should be sheav ing his duty to the Public by an ad of injustice and. ingratitude, in withholding the Opera-House from its Proprietors, and ohstruaing preparations to open that houie for its own exclusive Entertain ments. We are surprised that such evident over flowinas of private enmity can find their way into a respealble public Journal. A Philadelphia Newspaper, of the 13th August, contains a spirited article, accusing the President of, the 'Voited States with continuing to interdiel the entrance of _a British Ship of War into the American waters, while a French Frigate is allowed to take in 'water •and provisions of every denomination, with out- the slightest reproof. The same Paper an nounces, the arrival of a Ship fully laden from the Isles of France in 98 days; - the Captain of which reported, that the ifrench Frigates Semillante and Caroline were, at her departure, at Isle Bourbon. The former had recently returned from a cruize,. having in Bengal Bay had a severe action with an English Frigate, which beat her off with; great da mage, and killed her Captain. She escaped by her , •-superior sailing. The Fr e n c h F r i ga t e La. Manche had' sailed from the Isle of France On a . cruize-I—it was thought against the Portuguese in the Rio de Janeiro. The late Musical Festival at Birmingham was bet ter attended than any ever holden at that place. The five performances netted 55001. being law l. more than the former meeting. N.o&.;l:§fr,k ; ticio'zi 16:; Qn Saturday evening last; about nine o'clock, ►Bost melancholy accident happened in the river Tyne. As the term-boat between the Howden Pans and Jarrow was crossing to the latter place with a number of persons on board (some accounts say twelve, others fifteen), the Wind strong from the East, and consequently a great swell in the river, it unfortunately filled with water; and sunk, when about twenty yards from the shore, by which the whole company would have met a watery grave, bad it not been for the exertions of the Captain and crew of a sloop near the place, who instantly got out their boat; and saved the greater part of them. We un derstand there were only three drowned, viz, a• pit man named WATsoN, belonging to Hebburn Col liery; a carpenter named Mills, of Howden Pans; and a person named Armstrong, of Hebburn Quay. The bodies of the two latter were found on Sunday. The greatest attention was paid to the survivors by some persons at Jarrow, one of whom was brought to life after being near a quarter of an hour under water. On Monday se'nnight a Gentleman of this town, for a considerable wager, ran fifty yards, carrying a man upon his back who weighed 17st. 21b. against another, who, without any weight, was to run 100 yards. The former beat by about eight . A person present," thinking 'himself Swifter t.hin 'le who -Fast, proposed to run the sfli,ne digt au c c , which . was immediately accepted, and won by- the same Gentleman, carrying the_abovo'weight, by two yards. COFFEE AT REDUCED PRICES. By an ASR passed during the late Session of ,Parliament, to take place from and after the 10th day of this month, thd•whole of the Custom-house Duties on Coffee are repealed, and the Excise Du ties are reduced from 2s. 3d. to 7d. per The objea of .this Act is to increase the home consumption of the produce ,of the British Co lonies, the returns for which are made in British manufaaures, and to countera& the Decrees of Buonaparte, who attempts to deprive us of every foreign market for our 'manufactures and colOnial produce. Coffee as a beverage forrits an important article in the food and, comfort of the laborious classes throughout the greater part of the Continent of Europe, where its prevalent and extended consump tion, until checked by the recent impediments to commerce, were the best proofs of its grateful and salutary qualities. 'The best Plantation' Coffee, which is hardly to be distinguished from Mocha Coffee, may now be retailed at about 2s. 6d. per lb. and persons who indulge a prejudice against our Colonial Coffee ought to be informed that the quantity of Mocha Coffee at any time imported into this Kingdom. forms a veny minute fraaion Of the quAntity con sumed here. No Mocha Coffee has been sold by the East India Company since April, 1807. The quantity then sold was about 100 o• bags, of which nearly one half remains in the Company's ware houses. It may be fairly presumed, therefore, that many of those who baVe purchased Coffee at the Trice, add tn;clt..r the wine of Mocha Coffee, hive been served With Colonial Coffee. This considera tion is particularly recommended to the keepers of Coffee-house;, Inns, and Taverns. It is recommended to the public to pun'chase their Coffee unroasted, and to roast it immediately before it is wanted for use, in cylindrjeal iron coffee-roasters, taking care to shake it from tipe to time, that it may not he burnt or scorched in the operation, which is the work of only a few minutes. Those who have not conveniences for roasting it themselves should take care to purchase it neyvly roasted. Coffee is best made in coffee-pots or biggins, fitted with muslin strainers, in which the ground Coffee is to be placed, and boiling water poured through it, after Wards boiling the free, in order that the steam may completely extract the flavour of the ground Coffee - in the strainer. If th,:' ground Coffee is boiled without being suspended in the strainer, it, is apt to adhere t r i:4 l se bbttorn of the put and burn, in which case thy, t p,•our is injured in the sammpanner as if the be. viestad been burnt in roasting ,• but by the'mode here recommended, the whole strength of the Coffee is extracted, and its aromatic flavour preserved. In using it, boiled milk will be found preferable to cold : raw or Muscovado sugar will strengthen the flavour of weak Coffee, and refined sugar will heighten the flavour of it if strong. It is highly desirable that the provisions of this A&, and 'directions for the best" mode of making Coffee, should be generally known, in order that the prin ciples of patriotism may 'unite with the gratification of the palate, in giving efficacy to the intentions of the Legislature: Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out at a house ih Bermondsey-street, which greatly alarmed the neighbourhood: The whole of the inte rior, with the furniture, were dekroyed ; but by the early arrival of the firemen and engines the flames were subdued, and the lire happily extinguished with out doing any farther damage. . A fire took place yesterday morning at a house at Walworth. It was got under with the gutting 'of _the house, and no further injury. Another, fire broke out at Mr. James's,' in Botolph-court, at the same time, and consumed all the upper part of the house and the furniture. A fire broke out on Wednesday night at a chan& lery shop in Hampstead-road, occasioned by a lodger lektving some wet clothes drying before a good tire after she had gone to bed: Thy woman, whose name is Herd, was first alarmed, and the flames were extinguished after they had destroyed the room. Mrs., Herd was seriously burnt in her endeavours to sup press the flames. Thursday ,se'nnight a boat ; with four tpen in, her s two of them of th.; name of • lq`K.inlay (father and son), left,. Greenock harbour for Skipness. When oft Mount Mount Stuart, Island of Rot hesay, the boat, from her being old and in bad condition, split, when they. all perished. This melancholy accident happened withia.view of several other boats, but which, in consequence of its blowing hard at the time, accom panied with a heavy swell, could render no assist ance.—Another boat, supposed also to belong to Skipness, went down, same day, neat to Pott Ban natYoe, in the county of Bute, DUAIFI?I.7 . S, OCTOBEii id: We.have•hhcl bdt ihrbrig ani gaiety this place for some time. pA4r; - The week before Was the Rood Pair ; :owing to the fine weatlter; at d the harvest being all over; it was well attended "i ih6 diSplav : of country belni and belles was very great we ha d 2ilgp, l e` Yc`nit., and of course the Circuit Rails that:Nt''e4l:t • Our Races commenced bti Monday last; but; tip on the whole, the sport was not good : the turf wad in very fine order, and; with the 'exception of, ,he last dayS, the weather was Very favour,ibie. The Racecourse was well attended, particularly on Tues• day.—The Yeomanry Race was . a particular induce— merit; and drew out an itudiense crowd. of all de scriptions to. the festive scene at . Tin wald Downs; about three miles from• this town. 'During the we e k, public breakfasts were at th e Assembly Rooms, or dinaries at the King's Aims and George Inns, and. AssemblieS - eVeo Tight. On Friday, night ,the Duldfciesand GallOway Hunt gave an elegant ball . , and supper -at the Assembly Rooms : a more brilliant diTlziy of , beauty and fashion has seldom been seen in any provincial town in-the kingdom. The Theatre has been very well attended, and, under the judicious management of Mr. lIETTEttTON, has giVen.great satisfaction: But although gaiety and hilarity have prevailed tithe, the . more generous feelings of the heart were caled into action also. Charity extended her benign influenceto the poor yeterf.l4 ,, , being the day ap- 1 pointed for the A n n ua l Charity - Sermon for the sup= port of the Hospital or Poor-house. A most el.qutnt; appropriate, and impressive Sermon was preached On the occasion in St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. Dr. LAmoNT, Chaplain, tor Scotland, to the Prince of `'PALES : the Church was crowded, .300 a very liberal collection was made; at the same time a do; nation of twenty guineas was annou nce d froni Jont4 ANDERSON, Esq. of . Fertnoy, a Gentleman of grcat benevolence. A beautiful hymn, written for the occasion, by the Rev. Mr. lArt6ErmAN, of Kirkma hoe, was sung by the children. When the Service was over; the Magistrates, rectors, and Friends 'of the Charity, with the Preachetrifatiretlay, dined together at , the King's Arms Inn-- BATH, OCT. 13. Our Theatre opened on Saturday with th e Tra gedy of The Revenge; and to give additiOnal eclat to the first performances, the Managers have •en gaged, for a few nights, Mr. irourip, late of Old Hayttlar):s, The chara&er of Zanga, which he made .choiCe . 61, is well suited for a display, of theatrie taleritilbf the first order ; and he sustain ed it throughout-in a manner which deservedly call ed forth the warmest plaudits, and proved that his reputation had not been over-rated. The Bath public have already had an opportunity of becom; ing acquainted with the excellencies of his Hamlet, in which he is next to appear, and we doubt net that it will attract . a crowded audience.--L-Th 6 Theatre has undergone some interior 'alteration; and the resident theatric corps were severally greet ed on their appearances ; they acquitted themselves with their accustomed degree of merit.—ilis - Royal Highness. the Duke of GLOUCESTER honoured the Theatre with his presence, and seemed highly grafi. , fied with their performances. • . - At the late Carnarvon Assizes ; Mr. Chief Justice LEYCESTER, ill his charge to the Grand Jury, took occasion to congratulate them upon the state of the' gaols in that. and . the two adjacent counties (Merle neth and Anglesey); there not being a single pri soner for trial in either of them; a circumstance, he would venture to say, that could not be found upon any circuit in the United Kingdom ;, and which was the more extraordinary and' gratifying, when he considered theigreat improvements going on in the counim. • -‘f i llicit necessarily brought a great numb e r of strangers into is ; and he s could only account, as he had done on former occasions, for Such rare inr stances of good order, in the vigilant exertions and example of the Magistracy and Gentlemen of the respective counties. The company who honoured the High Sheriff, R. T. CARREG, Esq. with their presence, at these Assizes, were more numerous and spleridid than was ever witnessed at that place. At the. Sheriff's dinner were 7--. The judges, the Marquis of Downshire, Viscounts Watren and BUIlc - eley r li.nrd G. Grenville, Sieltobert Williams, Sir Thomas Mostyn, M.P. I'. A. Smith, Esq. M.P. Owe'a Williams, Esq.' M; P. W.A. Mactdocks, Esq. M. P. Glynn* Wynne, Esq. M.P. &c. The Small Pox has lately proved very fatal in the parish of Bermondsey, upwards of thirty children having died of it. • • The . announcement of the Scheme for the State Lottery comes very opportunely to claim the parti cular attention of the receivers of Dividends now paying at the Bank, of whom so many, have, at different intervals, largely increased their stock by an . adventure Of Hate cost. • SMITHFIELD MARKET, Ocr• 14. This day's market had a pretty good supply- of different 'kinds of Cattle ; Beef acid Veal are cheaper than our last report ; Pork if dearer; Mutton .sup ports last price, and the trade for the most part was tot over brisk. The sales in the Haymarket were inconsiderable ; Clnv - er has fallen in price since Monday's market; Hay and Straw sold at list prices. We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and tit:Albers To sink the Offal per stone of Slb Beef 4S. ad. ss. od.--Mutton 4s. od. to cs.,4d. —1 1 ;n! ss. 6d. .to 6s. 64.—Lamb os. od. to os. od.---•ork ss. 61 td" 7s. od. ''' et" ligalts k ,Ss9 i rnSheep, s.soo.—Calves, Pigs, Hay Si. ad. to 61. 6s. etl.—Clover 61. os. od. to 7!. as. ot1:4-*Ciatv it. 14s. ad. to 2.1. os. od. CORN-EXCitANGE, OCT. 1 4.—This 'day's supply of Wheat is short, but sales are heavy at little varia tion in price (New as tinder); prime Barley and IVOR ready sale at rather better prices; White Pease at the late redualion i Old Beans of the two kinds keep their price ;' New Ticks are much cheaper; of Oats there, is a tolerable supply, sales thereof are dell hardly , la 9 st, prices; terms of Flour on the late' advaAl l eef ) Wheat ' 1-6A)a3. 1 .30s a yos od ' Tick. Beam -. - 62 s a 67s od Fine ditto -92 s ,1 95s od. Oats - 34 a 35s a 405 lii il Rye ' - * . -46 i a 525 oil Poland ditto ,4 is a 42s od Barley - -42 s a 4 75 od 1 PotatGe - . • a 43 s od Malt - -78 s a 84s Gd / Rape Seed - 401 a 441 —. ad White Pease 126 s a 136$ od Fine Flour - gos a Bss i d Grey ditto - 5 6sa 64a od Seccll4 • • 75s 4 SoS at BedllS . ... . 64$ A 7a5 cyd - 111